UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Any interest in top-ranked Dogs?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Spring football practice is behind us and basketball is long gone. But that doesn’t mean we simply stop providing coverage of Georgia sports. One of the biggest misconceptions of covering a college beat is that things slow down in the spring. On the contrary, especially where the Bulldogs are concerned.
For whatever reason, UGA almost always excels in its spring sports (baseball being the unfortunate exception this year). At this writing, the Bulldogs are No. 1 in men’s golf and tennis. The women are No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, in those sports and the Lady Dogs’ tennis team was undefeated and ranked No. 1 for a while. Georgia Tech’s women’s tennis team, which won the national indoor championship, is ranked No. 4. UGA, by the way, will host both the men’s and women’s national tennis championships May 17-28. I will, of course, be providing coverage.
Those sports enter into their conference championships later this week and you’ll be able to read some profiles and previews on them online and in the paper. My question is, WILL you read them? That’s something that has long been debated by our editors and editors at other papers. Generally their events are not well attended. Does that mean you college fans don’t care enough to read about them?
I say that realizing at least some of that is up to us writers. We need to find storylines and “angles” compelling enough to pique your interest. But even when we unveil great stories and tales they are not always well read. In this interactive age of the Internet, it’s pretty easy to gauge reader interest and some of the best pieces on tennis or golf or track won’t generate as much traffic as an update on a redshirt freshman backup guard.
Let us hear your thoughts and feelings on these “other sports” and whether you’re into either watching or reading about them. Let us know what you might be interested in reading with regard to them.
In the meantime, don’t fret. We’ll be staying on top of football and basketball now and all the way through the summer. We’ve heard you loud and clear on that!
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